St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-11

The accompanying Is cut of new
horse shoe, recently devised by Duncan
COnnell. to prevent accidents to horses
when crossing the cable line. The style
of the ''cOrks" on the ordinary shoe will
not allow it to be pulled from the hOOf
and the foot consequently receives a
peculiar sort of twist that either takes
off part, or the entire hOof and Occa-
Sionally breaks the animals leg. Mr..
COnnell believes that the new shoe will
do away with all these
DANGEROUS FACTORS
and prove quite a blessing to horses.
The toe cork is not quite so high as
that of the ordinary shoe, and reaching
almost to the top of it, is piece about
an inch long on the side, which will not
allow the cork to catch. The other
side is free. thus preventing ''elog-
cling" of snow or mud. AT the heel,
one of the ''corkS'' is the same
as the common one, but the other some
what resembles the toe cork" though
not quite so long, and running length
wise with the shoe. 1t is longer than
the width of the slot. and should the
other heel cork catch. this one will
pull it out easily.
Just the thing we want" said num-
Der of cab drivers on the corner of
Sixth and Robert streets. to whom a
GLOBE reporter showed the model,
''and you can bet a pile of 'em viii be
sold. Up on Summit avenue a great
many gentlemen have suffered conSid-
erably on account of their horses hOOfs
catching in that cable slot. and | tell
You there's big kick on it. This shoe
will save all that trouble. It's Just
dandy. and Ill use 'em soon as they
come OUT and then he and his breth-
rem launched forth into conversation
on the beauty of the shoe. and whether
gentleman who had lost a horse on
account of the slot could sue the city for
damages or the cable company.
ITS a very good thing" said a black
smith and carriage maker on Cedar
street as he examined the shoe care
fully. 1T will be a great blessing, for
the reason that when horse catches
his hOOf in that SLOT he doesn't get
away without tearing his hOOf or break
ing his leg. When the shoe catches.
something has got to give way and it is
such a peculiar twist that the shoe sell
dom comes Off. Of course if horses
HOOP Is TORN OFF
completely, as some have been, the
horse is ruined, as he is of course,
when his leg is broken. This new shoe
is splendid thing with, perhaps, one
exception. This long heel cork may
FAUST tic HOlSt W COIh ulIHStlI IL
turned around suddenly. Perhaps,
however, this may be all right. With
that exception, the shoe is a splendid
imprOvem ent. Yes, it will cost more TO
make them, perhaps about % cents adj
ditiOnal on each shoe. BlackSmithS get
GO cents for hOrSeShOeing if they belong
to union, if not, they get about 50, so
it will cost about - or 50 cents for each
shoe to shoe the horse with this new
one. There is considerable welding OH
ii as you can see
A blacksmith on the corner of Eighth
and Robert, said the shoe was the one
thing they had been wanting. He
thought, however, that the little side
piece the toe cork might make the
shoe safer if placed IN the center, thus
making both sides free from clogging
and preventing the possibility of the
shoe catching at either side.
The GLOBE reporter experimental
with the shoe in the cable slot, and
found that it would answer all pur-
poses. though in some places the ex-
posed corner of the toe cork" would
have a slight inclination to catch. The
shoe will undoubtedly prevent great
loss, and is already in use i'll many
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